Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- Format: DVD
- SKU: MVD5016D
- UPC: 760137501695
- Street Date: 12/07/10
- PreBook Date: 10/19/10
- Label: MVD VISUAL »
- Genre: Drama
- Run Time: 95 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 2002
- Director: Roger Deutsch
- Producers: Wieland Schulz Keil
- Actors: Ginevra Colonna (Janine), Antonio Salines (Vitale), Simona Caparrini (Clara), Francesca Bianco (Mother Superior), Stephania Bonafede (Claudia), Ana Valeria Dini (Elsa)
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: WORLD
Product Assets
Sister Smile
The complex life and death story of the Singing Nun who had a worldwide hit in 1963 with "Dominique."
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"Back in late 1963, a Belgian nun known only as Soeur Sourire, or Sister Smile, topped America's pop music charts with the relentlessly cheerful tune "Dominique," from an album that sold 1.5 million copies. From the little that is known of the ill-fated nun's life, Roger Deutsch has made the boldly speculative yet persuasive Italian-language film "Suor Sorriso" in which the nun (Ginevra Colonna) emerges as a tormented, unstable woman who abruptly left the convent after her recording triumph before taking her final vows. Running a shelter for wayward girls, she and another ex-nun (Simona Caparrini) enter a passionate, tumultuous and destructive affair. Colonna's volcanic Deckers craves spiritual redemption as well as the other woman's love but is so beset by demons that she embarks on a flamboyant, drug-fueled downward spiral that ultimately engulfs her lover as well as herself." -Los Angeles Times. This film is in Italian with English subtitles.
"Deutsch's film portrait of a woman's journey into hell, and her tragic death, is harrowing, fascinating, and illuminating. This riveting film, which made the festival rounds when it was first released, deserves wider distribution and a chance to be seen by a broader audience." Film Threat ****
Media
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Bonus Materials
- TWO award winning short films by Roger Deutsch: 'Dead People' (2005, 18 min 34 sec) and 'Mario Makes a Movie' (2004, 11 min 36 sec)
Press
Beautifully photographed and full of disturbing surrealism and even more disturbing spirituality (and just a hint of stigmata), Sister Smile features a harrowing lead performance by Ginevra Colonna.
—Los Angeles Weekly
A visionary dream, rich in poetry and which moves the spectator in unexpected ways. Honest and full of ideas.
—Aut, Italy
Courageous...A profound drama. Ginevra Colona is magnificent.
—Reuters, Brazil
With eloquent performances and delicate cinematography, Sister Smile travels from innocence to tragedy without a false note.
—Chicago Tribune ***
